cowle

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cowle (plural cowles)

  1. Obsolete spelling of cowl.

Etymology 2

Arabic [Term?] (literally “word, promise, agreement”)

Alternative forms

Noun

cowle (plural cowles)

  1. (obsolete, India) A lease, or grant in writing; a safe-conduct, amnesty, etc.
    • 1917, The Indian Law Reports (page 420)
      […] a cowle to the plaintiffs cawnies, and by another cowle to others, who did not belong to the village, 80 cawnies.

References

Middle English

Noun

cowle

  1. alternative form of coule
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